Other ways to help people

Again i will try not to make too much spoilers and also not to talk that much but really i got exited with things i love :).

Plot: This season is not really the same, revenge got them in big problems and it wasn't really working so this time they just help people without it. The stickers change their message but our team keeps being a strong one (Even when Sung Chul tried to make them go away).

This makes all the diference. It is not as dark as the first season, we get much more humor but still see how people can be the worst. Special mention gets the case with the kids, wich is heartbreaking even thinking about people actually doing that just for money.

We also get a villain arc during all the season something i really like and think was well developed since the villain have his own sad backstory. It makes you question destiny, how different life will be if things happen any other way (In this case, we see On Ha Joon asking if things will be different if he meet the crew before).

Kudos to Shin Jae Ha who was great in his performance.

Characters: This season Kim Do Gi is clearly their leader. Felt like Sung Chul got to touched by his mistake in thinking he got Baek controlled so he is listening to Do Gi more.

Mr. Park and Mr. Choi are in a quest to protect Do Gi at all cost (As if he needs it lol) so we get to see them around more than the first season. I love them because they're hilarous. That first episode when they travel all the way to Vietnam to help him, got lost, Do Gi end up finding them on the road (Mr. park thinking he is a delusion because he is that hungry lol) and getting them food while they keep saying how they're there to help him is peak comedy. Do Gi soft looks is also love, how he really see them as family (He is even happy when both of them get in prision in the last eps to help him too)

Do Gi and Ahn Go Eun also have more screen time toguether and is pretty obvious she have feelings for him. If this is going to go somewhere i don't know but i wouldn't mind. Is not a romance show but they're good together. Also i like to see her beat some ass thanks to her police training.

Hightlights: The biggest hightlight for me this season is Lee Je Hoon brilliant performance. How he change characters in a manner of seconds is fascinating to watch. also, as i already said, i loved On Ha Joon arc even when is was pretty obvious he was fishy since the start.

Negatives: Mostly there is this one thing from the final ep that irks me a lot and is how the priest knows about Do Gi trigger with the whistle? He just saw them in a drawer and got his own conclusions? That was weird.

Also the advertising was a little cringe at times but nothing awful.

All in all i love it so bring it season 3!!!!

Again shout out to Wang Tao Chi and Madam Li we need them in season 3 too ;).

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A story that you will never forget

I discovered asian dramas this year. I saw some not romantic ones before but just in passing, between other shows. But this year i found "Alchemy of Souls" and got on Asian dramas basically full time. "Alchemy of souls" got to me so much and no other left such a great impact since (I enjoyed others of course a lot but not to this level).

And then i watched "Till the end of the moon" and i got that feeling back. What a beautiful, wonderful, amazing and heartbreaking story. It made me feel everything in just 40 episodes that pass by like 10 minutes. I love everything about it.

I talked a lot in the comments because i can't help myself when i love something this much. Here is the links to those comments so as not to repeat myself:

https://mydramalist.com/693513-hei-yue-guang-wen-na-be-ju-ben#comment-14833177

https://mydramalist.com/693513-hei-yue-guang-wen-na-be-ju-ben#comment-14876383

So final throughts on this fantastic tale: The end, for me, is sad. I know it have that hopeful component that maybe they will meet again but all the scene where SuSu have to kill him is heartbreaking. Even when is sad, i feel the end fits their characters perfectly:

-Tantai Jin was driven by his love the moment he was aware of it and confess it to Ye XiWu on his family's burial place. Since that moment all his actions are because of that love. At first it is mixed with jelaousy and other not so good feelings like that possesive side when she died. But i think he learn to get rid of those bad feelings during his time as Cang Juimin and what is left is love. Mostly for SuSu but also for humanity (Which i don't think is easy for someone that was mistreated all his life). So his actions at the end are the ultimate act of love: Self-sacrifice for the wellbeing of the rest of the world and the love of his life, Li SuSu.

-Li SuSu reminds me a lot of my all time hero, Buffy the vampire slayer. Both of them are the chosen ones and both of them have to be the strong ones and make the hard decisions. I have to say that i had a hard time at moments to understand her actions. She was clearly in love but she was also aware that Tantai could end all life if his destiny end up being fulfilled. She never forgot that. She couldn't. When she said in the last episode that she made a wish that time at the Ye house that he didn't become the Devil Lord is proof of how much she love him and how much she must really suffered. She is soo strong that her becoming a god it was just something that had to happen. She never for a moment believe that Cang Juimin was really the Devil Lord no matter what he do and still, besides all the love, besides being completely heartbroken, she did what she had to do. Because she is the chosen one for a reason.

I can't really explain how much i cry watching that scene where SuSu is about to tell him she loves him (She never did it out loud when she actually mean it) and she can't. So she just said: "I will tell you when i see you again" ???. Not to mention the scene at the tombs of both of them and what is written "Tomb of Ye XiWu loving wife of Tantai Jin" "Tomb of Tantai Jin husband of Ye XiWu" ????

So in episode 39 Tantai ask: "Will our story be know by posterity?"

Yes, their story will be with me forever ♥♥♥.

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Girl power for the win!!!

If you are doubting about watching this show or not please do. I was doubtful at first too but end up loving it.

The story could be a simple one, in the end is the everyday life of three women in position of power (Director and team leader) and what they have to do to keep their companies and personal lifes afloat. What i think makes this show so great is the characters and how all of them are show to us.

-Bae Ta Mi: She is the FL, the one that is made dirty in one company and end up in the other. She is... intense lol. I like how she is so asertive and have that boss vibe at work but gets too emotional and a little crazy in her personal life. I read people complaining about her and Park Morgan being to cheesy and cringe but, i don't know, i actually like them a lot. it was different to see how they hook up the first day and how their relationship evolves. I think she is too focus on the future and needs to relax but, otherwise, they're fun together lol. Also really enjoy her relationship with the other lead, Cha Hyun.

-Cha Hyun: OMG she is crazy and i love her!!!! I really don't think i can't say anything bad about her, she is everything good in this world. Beating awful guys asses, watching the drama completely living it, falling in love with HER actor and crying like crazy when he has to go, drunk moments with Bae Ta Mi LMAO. she is really all that and is a pleasure to watch.

-Song Ga Kyung: Maybe of the three leads is the one that you notice last for her position but she ends up with a bang. oh how much i enjoy when she basically destroys her mother in law at the end. Just a great moment! also her relationship with her husband is cute in a way. He is clearly in love with her it is the situation that sucks.

The support characters are also great and it what makes the show so good and wholesome.

Of course i don't want to forget the music. Sooo on point and fitting for the show! i was with it in my head for a while after watching it (Still are lol).

Just watch it really is soo great :).

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so much beauty in here

In just a few words i will say that this drama is simply beautiful. The plot itself was bound to be good but the performance from everyone is what elevated it.

I was a little scared at the end of the first episode because i didn't expected it and his uncle wasn't exactly seems the nicest guy. But everything change and we see our ML Geu Roo trying to comes to terms with lost and changes.

My favorites scenes will be when Cho Sang Gu gets to learn what actually happens with his brother, that he was never abandoned and he opens that closet with all the sneakers and breaks crying. It was such an emotional one and Lee Je Hoon was amazing in it (I will stop saying this about him, i made my point already, sorry lol)

And the other scene is when Geu Roo keeps asking Cho that please told him if he was going to die, because his father never tell him and he did and Sang Gu answer is "Your father never told you because he loved you very much, i don't love you that much" lol it was a fun one. also Geu Roo answer like he doesn't care if he don't love him just don't die is a cute one.

I don't know, this show was catartic for me, i laugh, cried and enjoyed it a lot.

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Sometimes the law doesn't work

Ok this is the last show i watched and loved it so it is pretty fresh in my mind and maybe this review will get a little long sorry about that. I will try not to put too many spoilers but just in case i warn you there could be some.

Plot: This season is mostly about revenge. The rainbow taxi group have a set up when they try to help people that was mistreated and the law didn't help them. I really like the way they show the clients getting in contact with them: mostly when people try to end their lives because they can't take it anymore, their phone number appears to help them.

This season is dark in a lot of aspects but that makes it good too. The cases they work are real cases (A few days ago i found the one about the company CEO and it is exactly as show in the drama something i found amazing and very brave).

We also get to know more about the team and why they do this something neccesary to understand them.

Characters: We have 5 main characters that for me personally complemented each other real good and it is what gets you hook up on the show. They feel as family at times even when all the scars they carry.

In this season the leader is Jang Sung Chul, the one who got them together. He is a little cocky at the start and doesn't listen to Kim Do Gi when he have doubts about getting help for someone worse than the people they punish and this will be his downfall in a way.

Kim Do Gi is our ML, our real hero, our taxi driver. Of course i'm not that objective since Lee Je Hoon is just sooo good. Soo very good at performing all the parts he really do in here. He isn't only Kim Do Gi he is also all the characters he pretend to be to get the revenge. His tragedy is heartbreaking and i really like everything that happened around it and how he gets some kind of clousure in the end. There is something that he still carries with him to season 2 but i think that is good too, it keeps the character more realistic in a way.

Either way in this season i will say that our hacker, Ahn Go Eun is the one who gets the best arc and the best clousure to her tragedy. That they link a case with her is something brilliant from the writers. Watching how she cries desesperately in her room, unable to move, just finding some comfort in some bandaids that Do Gi give her early on. Amazing performance by Pyo Ye Jin and something that stays with you.

Hightlights: Again i'm not that objetive because i was hooked from the very start, when our taxi driver appears to take a killer who was release earlier for good behavior. The first episode set the tone right away and i guess you get on it or probably won't enjoy it. For me everything is good: The plot, the acting, the music, all fits perfectly. I will say episode 14 is an all time good one, what happens almost kill me, it got me on the end of my seat. Amazing.

Negatives: Ok, we need to suspend disbelief in some cases. Kim Do Gi is the typycal action hero (Hawai 5.0 anyone?) so it seems nothing can't hurt him. It gets a little weird when after a beating with a baseball bat he is just like a day in a hospital but wel this happen in this kind of shows.

Also in one of the final eps we see prosecutor Kang Ha Na and Kim Do Gi go see the social worker from Maria's case (The first one) and she is in a mental hospital, traumatized because her time in Baek cell. i felt that they wanted us to feel sad for her, to show us that revenge doesn't always work but it felt flat on me. In the end this one took advantage of disable people so really i can't feel sad for her.

In conclusion, I love it and i really will recomend it to anyone.

Special shout out to Wang Tao Chi and Madam Li because really hilarious ;).

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Apocalipse but different

The tone of the show from the start is very opressive with all the characters basically lock up in the building. We see very fast how humans could be even worst than monsters when surviving is a factor.

All the actors are amazing specially the ML Cha Hyun So and Lee Do Hyun, this one performance is on point at every minute and i actually end up hating him a little even when i understand why he did the things he did (In parts).

The monsters for me, some are great, some not so much, but overall i like them and the different types.

If i have to say something negative, the kids at times were a little annoying to me. I'm not much for kids in this kind of shows so really i could have done withouth them.

That scene of the ML in the last episode just before the end... it was one of the hightlights for me.

All in all i can't wait for the next season :).

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I'm on your side

First BL i watch and i think the bar got to high. I love it. I was completely obssesed with them from the end of episode 1 and i almost spoiled myself on social media because i really wanted to know what was going to happened and that only happened to me with "Alchemy of souls" (I got spoiler so hard on this one lol my own fault)

Kinn and Porsche have beyond this world chemistry since the first minute when Porsche takes Kinn's watch and Kinn is done for. After Vegas tried to kiss him in that bathroom we got one of the hottest and best scenes ever when their relationship really started. As usual when the main leads got together the tension between them dissapeared and could make the drama drag a little. That doesn't happen here because, besides the main story full of plot twist, we got something in the last 3 episodes that got me in a chokehold: Vegas and Pete relationship.

I'm still processing everything about them. I'm not sure how to really feel. At the end they seems to be ok together and of course their sex scene is incredible hot but... is Pete really mentally ok for this? it could be stockholm's syndrome, Vegas tortured him during days and got him prisioner. Before being able to escape, he seems to regret everything that happened between them. He even wants to die.

If i could really try to make a point for a happy ending with them, maybe Pete was confused with his feelings and seems to regret everything because, why are you wanna be with someone who torture you? At the end, he decides that he loves him no matter what so he is not going to think about it anymore, it is what it is. Vegas also seems to understand everything he did wrong when he tell him that he can go if he wants to. So idk i think i will keep thinking about this for a while, it was that intense.

Tankhun could be crazy but i was cheering him up when he was the only one trusting Porsche when Tawan try to make him the mole and after when he knew something was happening to Pete. In both this times he seems the only sane one tbh.

Another great point? The main song is sooo beautiful and the moments we hear it were so well chosen. I already got it on my playlist.

So after all this why i don't give it a 10? Well, i try to be very picky with my 10. Everything have to be tight in terms of plot, acting, development and romance to give it a 10. In this case there was some things that makes me takes that half a point:

-The acting was great overall (Special mention to Bible Wichapas who was perfect on his portraying of Vegas, sooo good) but some was a little bad so i couldn't get in that part of the story.

-In the last episodes, Porsche calling Vegas for help and trusting him more than Kinn pissed me off. Specially because it happened after Kinn ask him for a fresh start without secrets. I found it out of
character tbh.

-I didn't got hook up in the first episode, the end of the first episode makes me keep watching because the chemistry but i wasn't so sure about the rest. It pick up after through, but all my 10s i
was done for in the first episode minute 1 lol.

overall, it was a fantastic and thrilling ride and i recommend this drama to everyone. I'm going to miss them a lot ♥♥♥

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Dark, but brilliant

I'm mostly doing this review because this drama is incredible and i don't think people really talk that much about it.

It is very dark, our ML's kill people for money. It is not only for that, they only kill bad people but they do it in a very gruesome way and they don't get any remorse.

During the 12 episodes will see how all of them got into this little group that felt like family in a way and how tragedy shape them.

It is hard for me to really say why i found it soo good: it is basically a look to the worst kind of people in japan, the yakuza being the main focus point. There is not an option for a real happy ending, something we see in Goro's story arc: I didn't expected what happened and was really shocked by it.

The four ML are fantastic in their performance but i specially like Kaneko Nobuaki and Haccho's story.

i will 100% recommend it but is not for everyone, mostly if you like dark dramas.

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Destiny at its finest

I was a little scared coming to this season and have so many doubts about if they will be able to make something good knowing the FL was going to change. My biggest question was that i didn't know how the writting could go in a way that makes sense and also get a happy ending.

Omg they didn't dissapoint. In the first two episodes what happened to Mudeok/Naksu gets explained and all makes sense (Of course in a world of magic).

Go Youn Jung is amazing in her role, she even gets the same manners and gestures that Somin put on Naksu in season 1, the looks and the fun actitude wich gets clearer when he meets the eunuch/Go Won lol. They banter is as great as in the first season.

My boy Jang Uk being the most powerful mage of all them... oh my! Lee Jae Wook performance was good in season 1 but here is even better. There is so many good moments: Seeing him in the first episode with naksu sword (I almost cry when i saw it) that flashback when Park Jin is telling he shouldn't had been born, how he cries, how he doesn't even care because the person he swear to protect is no longer with him and the most important one when Park Jin goes to Cheonbugwan and said to Uk that Songrim support him and his decision about Jin Mu. How significant is this moment and how much i love it. After all this time, after all he had to endure and sacrifice, his, basically, surrogate father say everything he wanted to hear.

Important to mention all of Jang Uk fantastic entrances specially when the Cheonbugwan mages are going to kill Seo. Badass is not enough for him.

But lets get on our OTP: from the beguining they notice something, specially Jang Uk was so lost because everything was telling him she was his love but it wasn't really her. When both gets to know the truth how they are willing to sacrifice her and their love for the greater good. Heartbreaking.

The fight of Jang Uk with the bird of fire give us the best parallel with Naksu fight in the first season. The start and the end, as it was both their destiny.

To end this review, the happy ending is everything good in this world :).

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it will take your actual soul

This was the show that got me into dramas so it will always have a special place in my heart. I actually started watching it with a lot of doubts since i wasn't sure a show with 20 episodes of over an hour each will really hook me up. I was sooo very wrong, i love it so hard the episodes started to get too short lol. I'm very spoiler free and in this case in was hard not to look for what was about to happen.

I was always a fan of magic and supernatural shows and this one have all of that and more: Magic, conspiracy, action and, above all, love.

The cast is perfect for each of they roles starting with our boy Jang Uk and his quest to find a master who actually help him get what should be rightfully his. He is a spoiled little boy don't get me wrong but the moment he meets Naksu is really the moment his live change. The aesthetic also is on point, you see them with the other male characters and he is taller and more like you can't look any other way.

The FL is fantastic also how she only wants to gets her powers back but meeting Jang Uk will get her world upside down. We get to know her backstory and is tragic and awful. She was used all her life so her priorities change but she still is a strong female character.

The humor is also soo good. Seo Yul, Jang Uk and the Crown Prince on the Jinyowong cave is epic. Seo losing his direction when he gets nervious is just hilarious.

Episode 18 is my favorite episode of both seasons, everything that happens is on point and love every second of it.

There are two other moments that i will hightlight in this season: When Jang Uk have to fight with the last one of the other mages and is Seo the one who came forward. I was surprised because i didn't expected it and also broke my heart in pieces.

and the other one, clearly, is the end. how much that end hurts??? they almost got the happily ever after so that makes it hurt even more.

Really if you like fantasy dramas even a little bit this is the one for you.

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Love saves the world

Omg how beautiful ???. When i started this i had my doubts, specially with the FL. Her personality was a little to naive for me and when she change her soul with him the second time without thinking how that could get him into big trouble it was pissing me off.

But talk about character development. The moment she save him on episode 13 was the clear change of her character and also when she started to loving him.

I will never get over that scene in episode 26 when Changheng is offering Orchid everything she wanted (Going to Shuiyuntian again, being with her plants and friends) and she said all this:

"I miss the flowers and plants in Siming Hall, the nagging of aunt Sansheng, the loud voice of Fairy Danyin. IF I HAND'T MET HIM, how wonderful it would be, i could be leaving at peace in Yujing, gradually turning into and old fairy. I'm sorry, Lord Chagheng"

After this she protects Dongfang with her own body agains all that army of inmortals. Of course, lets not forget, when she is decided to go to fuju cave to prove she deserved to be Donfang Quingcang's wife. What a queen tbh.

From his part, the most epic scene will be when he defend her before all his people:

"If i had never meet Orchid, no one will teach me how to forgive. If you irritate me, this is how you would have end up (dead). I love her. I will not only meet her on mountain and moon festival, but also prepare the grandest wedding within the three realms for her. You said since she is from the fairy realm, she must be wicked. But you don't know she is nice and gentle. You said she is a jinx, but you don't know she saved my life. She looks weak and delicate, but you don't know how brave she is. She is the bravest woman within the three realms. Only she deserved to be the moon queen of the people in Cangyan sea"

lets not forget the powerful Moon Supreme lord taking care of the Orchid plant so she will be back and then acting like her servant when she is back at the goddess. It was super cute ♥♥♥

I didn't expected this to have a happy ending so i'm pretty please with it. I will miss them and this world ???

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